titanic – Swiss Watch Makers https://swisswatchland.com Professional Watch Repair Mon, 27 Aug 2018 17:04:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.7 https://swisswatchland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-New-Swiss-Watchmakers-Logo-Watch-Repair-32x32.jpg titanic – Swiss Watch Makers https://swisswatchland.com 32 32 Pocket Watch from Titanic Victim Sells for Over $50,000 at Auction https://swisswatchland.com/2018/08/27/pocket-watch-from-titanic-victim-sells-for-over-50000-at-auction/ Mon, 27 Aug 2018 17:04:06 +0000 https://swisswatchland.com/?p=3528 As the Titanic was out to sail to New York in 1912, many of the first watch brands were just becoming bigger and bigger. 34-year old Sinai Kantor was set to arrive in New York with his wife, Miriam. Little did he know that would be the end of his life. The couple were from modern-day Belarus and were headed to New York to start new lives. Sinai was one of the 1,503 passengers on board that died in the freezing cold waters of the Atlantic as the Titanic hit the infamous iceberg. His wife Miriam was able to escape the cold waters on a life boat.

Sinai did not carry many things as he aboard the Titanic. The only things he had on him was a small telescope, corkscrew, notebook, and a pocket watch. After eight days, Sinai’s body was later found and all his belongings went missing. After his burial, Miriam was able to recover his pocket watch.

Sinai’s pocket watch features Arabic numerals on the dial, and on its back there is an engraving of Moses with the Ten Commandments. As years passed, Miriam remarried and kept the watch as a keepsake. A descendent put the watch for sale later on through Heritage Auctions. The auction started at $22,000 and after being won by Jon Miottel, a California museum owner who collects artifacts from the Titanic.

This isn’t the first watch from the Titanic to be found and sold. In 2008,  the pocket watch of the ship’s first class steward, Edmund Stone, was sold for $154,000.

]]> Wear the Titanic on Your Wrist https://swisswatchland.com/2014/02/11/wear-the-titanic-on-your-wrist/ Tue, 11 Feb 2014 17:47:23 +0000 https://swisswatchland.com/?p=3226
Romain Jerome’s marvelous watches with Titanic DNA. Below is The Octopus – Modus Operandi
On the back it features an octopus from the deep. Quite astounding. Named after the ocean giant in Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, there is an urban legend that an octopus attacked the titanic.
The rust look is derived from melting the Titanic’s corroded steel! Yes! THE Titanic!
The ship that sunk back in April of 1912. You’ll be wearing that piece of history on your wrist.
Rust has been the enemy of watchmakers, except for this beauty. With this watch, the rust is essential. It gives the watch so much character! It is quite a sight, I must say.
The water resistance of this watch is greater than 1.0 MPa (10 atm), the equivalent of 100m, or 330 ft. It is water resistant to 888 ft. Amazing! Plus it can handle seawater, no worries.
It has thick watch crystals and you can read it under water when there is little light with its illuminated markers and dials.
The number 8 is reflected in the watch because of the number of legs. 8 rivets on each crown, 8 screws on the case, and 8 screws on the back.
Above is the Steampunk Black Watch by Romain Jerome.
This watch is my favorite Romain Jerome I have seen so far, for sure.
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